Anonymous
Post 05/22/2023 05:24     Subject: Need a suggestion for a girl name that works in multiple languages
Anonymous wrote:Sara


Lemme just say, as a Sara I am so happy my parents named me this. I have worked in Africa, Central Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East and you can always find local "Saras" around. It's arabic, it's hebrew, it's a tofu name--whatever flavor you want to give it based on where you are, you can.
Anonymous
Post 05/22/2023 04:59     Subject: Need a suggestion for a girl name that works in multiple languages
Leyla
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2023 03:15     Subject: Re:Need a suggestion for a girl name that works in multiple languages
Nina
Nina
Nina
love this name and is very multicultural.

Other name comes to mind is Amaia.
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2023 02:49     Subject: Need a suggestion for a girl name that works in multiple languages
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Nina would be my first choice, no drawbacks!
Natalia - often mistaken for Natalie in the US or pronounced Nat-eh-lia My BFF is named Natalia. She's never had a problem. It's equivalent to Sophia vs Sophie.
Maya- nice but very popular with Indians
Maria - can’t go wrong with it but way too popular Maybe in convents, but I don't think it's popular generally. I have three daughters and have not met any Marias through them. The only Maria I know is my cousin, who is in her late 20s.
Sofia - two spellings in Russian and too popular
Lydia - love it and hopefully the Y won’t be mistransliterated in Cyrillic
Tatiana - popular with African Americans This is a really bizarre comment. Are you saying this because of the Disney movie the Princess and the Frog? This is not accurate.
Olga - the soft sign might be a problem with Cyrillic but probably not
Anna - love it but always misspelled for Ana in the US I think you're not giving Americans enough credit. Anna is a very popular spelling and I'm more familiar with his spelling then Ana.



I know quite a few black Tatyana’s.
Have a close friend named Natalia and she complains people call her Natalie or mispronounce as smth like Natehlia.
I live in an area with a large Latino population and there are quite a few Maria’s though they are all older. Some Slavic friends with that name as well.
And my friend named Anna is misspelled as Ana quite often, mostly by Spanish speakers in customer service of all kinds

Anonymous
Post 05/15/2023 11:23     Subject: Need a suggestion for a girl name that works in multiple languages
Mary
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2023 11:22     Subject: Need a suggestion for a girl name that works in multiple languages
Anonymous wrote:Nina would be my first choice, no drawbacks!
Natalia - often mistaken for Natalie in the US or pronounced Nat-eh-lia My BFF is named Natalia. She's never had a problem. It's equivalent to Sophia vs Sophie.
Maya- nice but very popular with Indians
Maria - can’t go wrong with it but way too popular Maybe in convents, but I don't think it's popular generally. I have three daughters and have not met any Marias through them. The only Maria I know is my cousin, who is in her late 20s.
Sofia - two spellings in Russian and too popular
Lydia - love it and hopefully the Y won’t be mistransliterated in Cyrillic
Tatiana - popular with African Americans This is a really bizarre comment. Are you saying this because of the Disney movie the Princess and the Frog? This is not accurate.
Olga - the soft sign might be a problem with Cyrillic but probably not
Anna - love it but always misspelled for Ana in the US I think you're not giving Americans enough credit. Anna is a very popular spelling and I'm more familiar with his spelling then Ana.

Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 22:33     Subject: Need a suggestion for a girl name that works in multiple languages
Nina would be my first choice, no drawbacks!
Natalia - often mistaken for Natalie in the US or pronounced Nat-eh-lia
Maya- nice but very popular with Indians
Maria - can’t go wrong with it but way too popular
Sofia - two spellings in Russian and too popular
Lydia - love it and hopefully the Y won’t be mistransliterated in Cyrillic
Tatiana - popular with African Americans
Olga - the soft sign might be a problem with Cyrillic but probably not
Anna - love it but always misspelled for Ana in the US

Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 22:27     Subject: Re:Need a suggestion for a girl name that works in multiple languages
Anonymous wrote:Anastasia
Julia
Mila
Natalia


Anastasia sounds so nice in Russian but horribly in English
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 22:25     Subject: Re:Need a suggestion for a girl name that works in multiple languages
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Sascha/Sasha

Actively a boys' name in Russian.


Isn't Sasha a nickname for both Alexander and Alexandra in Russian, the way Alex is in English?

In Europe, Sasha is a man's name. It is probably turning into a girls' name in the same way that other traditionally boy names have, such as Courtney, Ashley, Dana, and Beverley.


Russian poster here. In Russia, Sasha can be a man’s or a woman’s nickname. Note I specifically said nickname and not a full name - Sasha is never a full name for either sex in Russia. Similarly with Anya or Nadia (Nadya) which were mentioned a few times - in Russia those would never be full names, only nicknames for Anna or Nadezhda. Russians in general have much stricter naming conventions than in the US, far fewer names from other cultures etc.


That a why the OP should not use Leila or Rosa unless the family is Asian or Jewish
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 22:24     Subject: Need a suggestion for a girl name that works in multiple languages
Anonymous wrote:Op again, what do we think of Allegra?

No no no no
Sounds like a brand name
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 22:23     Subject: Re:Need a suggestion for a girl name that works in multiple languages
Anonymous wrote:Maya or Nadia

Nadia is a nickname too
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 22:22     Subject: Need a suggestion for a girl name that works in multiple languages
Anonymous wrote:Natasha

It’s a nickname for natalia in Russia
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 22:21     Subject: Need a suggestion for a girl name that works in multiple languages
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The languages are English, Russian, German and Italian


I would choose a Russian name - Anya, Katarina, etc.


Katarina? A Russian name?
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 22:20     Subject: Need a suggestion for a girl name that works in multiple languages
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Bianca - don’t know how it works in Russian but it’s great in German Italian and English!



Op here. Bianca is one name I actively dislike. I don't know why 😂


I am with you on this
Anonymous
Post 05/14/2023 22:19     Subject: Need a suggestion for a girl name that works in multiple languages
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The languages are English, Russian, German and Italian

Definitely Nina


Natalia might be ok too